With BP fervently (make note of the sarcastic use of fervently)trying to ‘plug’ the leak of their offshore oil drill which has continued to wreak environmental havoc for over a month, no one has suggested the obvious: go get MacGyver and have him cap that spill with a little duct tape, a swiss army knife and a dab of nitroglycerin.

It seems so blatantly obvious that I can’t believe no one has thought of it before. Not only could MacGyver’s unique brand of using tried and proven scientific techniques with common everyday items cap that spill, it would give MacGyver araison d’être since his departure with the Phoenix Foundation.

In fact, MacGyver has done it before. If one goes back to 1985; Season 1, Episode 8: Hellfire, MacGyver capped a raging oil well quite successfully. Here’s IMDB‘s description:

During a trip to visit some friends, an accident starts a fire in an oil-well owned by MacGyver’s friends. MacGyver and his buddy then go to fetch dynamite in an abandoned mine at great peril to themselves after they decide the dynamite is the only feasible way the fire can be put out. However, when they use it, the fire only becomes more intense. Can MacGyver and his Hellfire friend survive the incredible heat to put out the fire and save the oil buried underneath the well…?

Why are BP and President Obama not tracking down MacGyver to stop the spill? He has a proven track record in this field and I’m sure he is quite bitter about SNL’s new spoof MacGruber and would be more than happy to show that MacGyver; the man, the legend and the Murdock-fighting friend of science is no laughing matter.

In these times of Corporate greed and control of our Democracy, we need MacGyver more than ever. I’m sure he could make good use of duct tape when he confronts the evil BP executives. I, a mere mortal, have but one plea for MacGyver: Come save us from the BP Spill and use a paper clip, baking soda and Boyle’s Law to save our democracy!

Here is the episode in question. I hope BP, the coast guard and the Obama Administration will watch and learn.

Comments

OMG, I’m mad that I didn’t think of this and forward the idea to the administration! Surely there has to be a finder’s fee or something, right? Um, yeah, someone needs to get on the ball quick fast and in a hurry!

Written by Todd Curl on May 29, 2010.

No kidding, you should have been on the ball sooner than me. The world needs MacGyver now more than ever — we need to get Cuba Gooding Jr as he got his start on MacGyver. What good is a white hero without a black sidekick? Come on, if TV has taught me anything — and it has taught me a lot — you’ve got to have a stereotypical minority sidekick; that only makes sense.

I think that’s a very practical solution. It would be nice of Rush to help the environment with hit fat ass.

Written by forresttaft on November 4, 2010.

BP is such a joke… they should all be arrested along with the US govt. How long ago did they cap the leak? And how many legitimate claims are still “pending” from damages they suffered back in the beginning of the summer? I happen to know three people that were affected directly by BP’s shady PR tactics and manipulation of our laws, one of whom was a journalist who was almost arrested and charged with felonies for taking pictures of oil covered animals near the coast. Not only is it bad enough that thousands of fishers’ lively hoods are ruined for god knows how many years to come, they were paid a pathetic amount of money to clean up BP’s own mess. To add even more insult to injury, BP used Corexit 9527, which contains mainly 2-butoxyethanol, which is very toxic. You wouldn’t have to be a scientist to know that, since in the first week of using it over 70 fisherman ended up at the hospital. Of course if you even inquired about this, I’m sure the govt (which is pretty much owned by oil companies) would deal with you quite quickly, let alone taking pictures of it in an attempt to run a story on it. If you didn’t know already, the govt is doing what they do best… crapping on the 1st amendment: naturalnews.com/029130_Gulf_of_Mexico_censorship.html. My friend who almost got arrested on felony charges simply went out on a boat into about 30 feet of water and used a water proof cam to photograph one of the many oil plumes forming at the bottom of the surface (which BP vehemently denies). Now here comes the hilarious part. He switched the film in his camera with a blank one in the event they were stopped by police, which they were as soon as they got back to shore. They let him go but still took his name down, and what do you know… later that night, 2 guys wearing black hoodies attempted to break into his house. He caught pics of them on his home security system. Hmm, I wonder who paid these guys to break in and what they were after? Definitely not BP or our govt, that’s for sure!